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Web apps and PWAs

An app you install on a phone without an app store.

A website stops being enough once you need user accounts, an admin panel and data that changes in real time. That is where a web application starts. I build them as PWAs, so they run in the browser and install on a phone like any other app.

Tell me about your idea

What you get

  • Features and screens mapped out before the first line of code
  • User accounts, roles and permissions
  • An admin panel for managing content and data
  • PWA: home-screen install, offline use, push notifications
  • A database and API designed around how you actually use the app
  • Production deployment and error monitoring
  • Documentation so somebody else can pick it up later

Who it is for

  • Businesses with a process that will not fit in a spreadsheet
  • Product ideas that need a working version to find out whether anyone wants it
  • Teams paying a subscription for a tool where they use one feature
  • Organisations that need a panel for many users with different permissions

How long it takes

First working version: 6–10 weeks. We set the scope in a workshop before the quote, so the deadline is realistic rather than aspirational.

How I approach this

How a PWA differs from an app-store app

A PWA runs in the browser and the user adds it to their home screen in one tap. It never goes through App Store or Google Play review, you pay no commission on sales, and you do not wait days for every fix to be approved. An update reaches everyone the moment it ships. One codebase covers Android, iPhone and desktop instead of three separate projects.

When a PWA is the wrong answer

A PWA is out when the app needs deep system access: continuously reading sensors in the background, Bluetooth on iPhone, or being sold through an app store. If that is your case I will say so on the first call rather than build something that later has to be rewritten. For the large majority of business use cases a PWA is cheaper and faster to ship.

What the first stage looks like

We start with the smallest version that makes sense, usually one complete end-to-end flow. I would rather you held a working thing after six weeks and could show it to someone than wait half a year for a full feature set where half turns out to be unnecessary.

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